The Adventures of EclectiKat
Home after a good night at work with a glass of Bonizio Cecchi, remembering the dinner at which the bottle was originally ordered. Wishing the girlies were back in town, but I can’t be thankful enough for how close we’ve managed to stay in spite of the distance. It’s good to be able to have “reservists” who know what you’re all about to listen and share in all the important moments and experience the ones that lead up to them. Cheers, ladies!
And yes, we did open a 5-liter bottle of red wine at work tonight…what of it?
It’s Official
I’m a waitress. And I don’t entirely suck at it. And it doesn’t completely suck either. Go me.
This is the current top pick for the dining room light fixture. Our new dining room will have Tuscan-esque wallpaper and we have no light fixture now. Thoughts?
Closing Date
is in just over 2 weeks (supposedly). It’s starting to get a teensy bit real. We will have to find out if RI Housing requires installation of the water heater before the closing (I hope not). I foresee lots of shopping on a new Sears card later. New appliances and lighting fixtures and yard equipment are in my future. Stay tuned for pics and piles of decision-making…
I will be picking up some change of address forms soon!
I’m officially giving up on the ShopVac.
It is only useful for large messes in a small space. Not stairs. Not kitchens. Definitely not a 2-level apartment. I will be buying a vacuum in the VERY near future.
On a side note, holy fuck I’m shopping for washer/dryer sets.
Today is possibly the best ever!
Alice in Wonderland was incredible, I bought some beautiful plants for my new garden next to the front step, oh…and that thing up there, too…
Shutter Island
It wasn’t bad. Just don’t pay full price. Based on a book that pulled from TONS of old movie plots, the result was predictable. It did, however, entertain and creep me out enough to take my mind off the massive heating bill that arrived in the mailbox of the tiny apartment just hours earlier.
Commence financial miracle.
I’m a conundrum…
I remain obsessed with designer labels as I peruse Lucky magazine while thoroughly enjoying my Narragansett beer.
Why I love NetFlix
For Christmas, Jon must have been very good, because Santa brought him a new XBox 360 Elite, which is now sitting below our flatscreen. All hooked up with HDMI cables and games to keep him happy for the next six months, I am more excited about the FREE NETFLIX TRIAL!!! I thought we’d never get sucked in (we don’t watch that many movies!) but apparently this is because we don’t have access to the RIGHT movies. You can’t make a mistake! If it sucks, pick a new one on the instant queue.
Scene opens on Kat sitting home alone on a Saturday night. Finally got to watch that filmed-for-TV version of Into the Woods and FaceBook is now getting super boring. Idea: Watch a girly movie to get it off the instant queue. The selection? Confessions of a Shopaholic. Please understand that this was not a great movie. It probably wasn’t even good. But oh, the clothes! And the shoes! And the handbags! Purely presented as a cautionary tale cleverly disguised as a romantic comedy, the film missed its mark. I immediately felt the need to scour the local cheapie stores for deals on really out-there fashion.
Enter another guilty pleasure: Craigslist. There is an unpaid “internship” at a RI-based fashion magazine that is going to be published (they’re trying it again). Fate? I think not. I spent the next 15 minutes weighing the pros and cons of being the fashion guru of Rhode Island. A scoop of ice cream later, I turn in my dreams of Prada for a box of Kleenex and start the cry-fest that is Steel Magnolias.
